From "beach breakfast" to "cook-out" at GIPC!

All GIPCers are welcome!  

   The Children's Nurture Commission invites you to a cook-out dinner on Wednesday, May 20th at 6 pm. in Fellowship Hall. Menu: Grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, coleslaw, chips. Cost? Bring a dessert to pass. Youth Nurture is providing lawn games. 
   Please sign up at the crossroads so we know how much food to buy.

  You are invited to join us for worship on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 9:30 am. This poignant service includes prayers, the reading of the names of those interred in the Memorial Garden, and the Sacrament of the Lord's

Supper. Many regard this service as very helpful in their ongoing grief, reflection on and remembrance of their

loved ones.
   You are also most welcome to join us at 8:15 or 10:30 am. for traditional worship in the sanctuary. 

Tips For Seniors 

When is it time to give up the car keys?
   Targeting adults with elderly parents, this article also speaks to conscientious, older persons who may be acknowledging diminished driving skills. Often, folks are capable of driving well into their 80s but the ability of some can be compromised earlier by illness, medication, or age-related factors. An average of 500 elderly persons in the U.S. are injured in car crashes every day and, according to the CDC, the fatal crash rate per mile driven increases yearly, beginning at age 75. Signs that indicate it may be time to limit or stop driving altogether are frequent close calls, getting lost, inability to see the road and becoming distracted easily. You may have recognized some of these signs, already.
   Your attitude can make a world of difference when it becomes necessary for your adult son or daughter to speak to you about your driving skills. If you recognize a change in your own ability to drive safely, endeavor to make it less awkward for your "kids" by being less defensive, trusting their judgment and accepting their decisions.
   The AARP offers these tips to assist adult children with this difficult and challenging task:
*Take a ride to assess your parent's driving skills: be observant about how he/she handles situations involving right-of-way (one of the most common driving errors) and follow-up with a carefully worded debriefing, afterwards.
*Maintain a respectful, sympathetic tone: driving represents autonomy, mobility, and social life to an elderly parent. Because you love them, you want them to be healthy, mobile and independent, as long as possible.
*Provide alternatives to driving: determine ways for them to continue their current activities, even if unable to drive there themselves.
*If necessary, get a professional involved: schedule a medical appointment to determine if eyesight, illness or medication is affecting their driving. Consider having your parent's skills assessed by a professional driving clinic.
*Maintain an open, ongoing dialogue: return to the topic periodically, evaluating your parent's driving continually. Restricting him/her to familiar local driving, or to daylight hours may meet the goal of keeping your parent active and safe.                                                    Chief Runamuck

Friday Flix
"The One Hundred-Foot Journey" will show at 2 pm. on Friday, June 12, 2015. Tasty popcorn!

Yoga

"Feeling Fit" Class  continues through the summer on Thursdays at 10:30 am.  Class meets for 45 minutes. All levels are welcome, $5 drop in fee. No class on May 21. 
Game Day

Join us this summer for a friendly game of euchre, bridge or dominoes every Wednesday starting at 2:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All adults welcome.

 
   When you give to the Pentecost Offering, you help bring God's transforming, redeeming love to children at risk, guide and nurture young people's growing faith, and provide opportunities for young adults to become spiritual leaders---all in the name of Jesus Christ.
   Forty percent of the offering stays within our own congregation to support ministries that help youth and children at risk. Last year GIPC was able to support the Taylor Teen Substance Abuse Task Force which runs a summer camp for at-risk children of alcoholic parents/caregivers in the Downriver area from the local portion of the offering.
   Special Pentecost Offering envelopes may be found in the pew racks in the Sanctuary.  Please give generously.

                         Your Mission and Stewardship Committee